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Aboriginal historian Barry Corr vividly investigates colonisation – but is less convincing on politics

Surveying the Wild Abyss, by Aboriginal historian Barry Corr, is a history of colonial invasion of the Nepean–Hawkesbury rivers (“Dhurabang”) and the Sydney Plain they enclose.

The Conversation · Oct 4

Why this Canberra bookshop's closure is actually a success story

The internet has changed how we buy books, but not why we love them.

The Canberra Times · Jun 1

David Malouf was a writer of wisdom, grace and generosity

David George Joseph Malouf AO, one of Australia’s most accomplished, internationally renowned and beloved writers, has died aged 92.

The Conversation · Apr 23

Elizabeth Harrower and Shirley Hazzard only met six times. They wrote to each other for 40 years

The two literary greats wrote 400,000 words to each other in letters that now reveal rare insights into their friendship - sometimes affectionate, intimate, cool and resentful

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2024

Patrick White was the first Australian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature – 50 years later, is he still being read?

Did you know that 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Patrick White winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Australian writer to be so honoured?

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2023

Friday essay: homosexuality was still illegal when Frank Moorhouse started writing – but it was there from his earliest fiction

Frank Moorhouse had been having sex with men since the age of 17 but did not openly identify as gay or bisexual.

The Conversation · Sep 7, 2023

Family’s fears for former Celebrity First Dates star last seen in London 20 days ago

Patrick White went on a date with professional rugby player Keegan Hirst on the Channel 4 show

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2023

Big-picture thinking: in The Bell of the World, Gregory Day listens to the music of common things

Gregory Day’s The Bell of the World is an ambitious, strange and marvellous novel.

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2023

The best new books released in November as selected by avid readers and critics

A mystery novel inspired by The Teacher's Pet, a WWI story featuring Miles Franklin, and the overdue biography of a celebrated Australian writer are in our top reads this month.

ABC News · Nov 25, 2022

Man suspected of having crossbow on bus in Wythenshawe arrested by armed police as passengers evacuated

Witnesses said officers with 'huge guns' pointed them at the bus in the dramatic scenes

Manchester Evening News · Sep 29, 2022